hypochondriac
noun[C]
uk/ˌhaɪ.pəˈkɒn.dri.æk/us/ˌhaɪ.poʊˈkɑːn.dri.æk/apersonwhocontinuouslyworriesabouttheirhealthwithout having anyreasonto do so:
疑病症患者She's aterriblehypochondriac - she's always at the doctor's.她是个严重的疑病症患者——她总是去看医生。
Many hypochondriacsresisttreatment.许多疑病患者拒绝接受治疗。
See
hypochondria
- When Iresearchedpossiblereasonsfor mypain, I wasbrandeda hypochondriac.
- He had always been something of a hypochondriac.
- She is not a hypochondriac or a hysteric.
Mental illnesses
- ad
- adjustment disorder
- age-associated memory impairment
- anhedonia
- anorexia nervosa
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- bulimia
- hoarder
- hoarding
- Hyde
- hypochondriasis
- hysterical
- hysterically
- Jekyll and Hyde
- nervous breakdown
- senility
- somatization
- somatize
- Stockholm syndrome
- sundowning
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